Meeting of Belarus President with leadership of Emaar Properties held in Palace of Independence

8 июня 2022
Major investment project and cooperation in IT were discussed on June 7 at the Palace of Independence during the meeting of the President with the leadership of Emaar Properties company.

The company is a major investor in the Arab world and its founder is one of the most successful businessmen in the UAE. He owns the biggest e-commerce company in the Middle East. This is not the first time they have met: Mohamed Alabbar has long been a friend of Belarus. The trusted political relations with the leadership of the Arab Emirates converted into specific projects, useful for the country.

Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus:
We will, of course, focus today on our main project, the North Bank, which you intend to build. This is a major project. I think we have never had a bigger project in Belarus.

Another topic of the meeting was cooperation in the field of IT technologies. 

"You pay a lot of attention to this sector. I know that the Emirates have advanced considerably in this field. I am grateful to you for organizing that conversation in the Emirates, when we were able to listen to the leading experts in the development of artificial intelligence together with you. Then I understood that Belarus still has a lot to do in this field in order to amount to the level that you reached together with the specialists from different countries of the world," said Lukashenko.


Belarus and UAE will develop cooperation in all areas of the IT sphere 


Belarus and the United Arab Emirates will develop cooperation in all areas of IT sphere. The parties have developed a kind of cooperation roadmap with the High Tech Park. It takes into account all aspects: from investment to IT-education. 

As for the project the Arab businessman is already implementing in Minsk, they have started building a "smart city" in the northern part of the capital. In the near future will start the construction of an exhibition complex, a residential area and landscaping of the park near the Tsnyanskoye water reservoir.